Legacies of Vietnam: Recent Episodes
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Today, Alec speaks with two colleagues he’s known for a long time, Brian Delate and Dick Hughes -- both actors whose lives were touched by the Vietnam War. Delate, Alec’s first guest, served in Vietnam after high school. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/iippecut/support
They bring their own personal dating experiences and their deep research to a funny and fascinating Zoom conversation with Alec
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They conclude that our sense that we can measure and control the "numbers game" makes us less happy and perhaps less likely to find true love.
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The writers talked to historians and sociologists to analyze the use of concepts like “market value” and “supply and demand” in thinking about romance.
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Alec discovered their jointly written article, The ‘Dating Market’ Is Getting Worse, published in February, 2020, and knew he had to talk to them
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Writers Kaitlyn Tiffany and Ashley Fetters may be the country’s most astute observers of modern romance. Fetters even wrote the definitive history of Tinder.
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In his early 20’s, Hughes traveled to Vietnam as a conscientious objector, and ultimately opened a shelter for street children called the Shoeshine Boys Project.
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Dick Hughes, Alec’s second guest, thought he was going to enter the priesthood as a young man, but decided to study theater.
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His play, Memorial Day, tells the story of a Vietnam veteran on the verge of suicide over a Memorial Day holiday
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Delate, Alec’s first guest, served in Vietnam after high school. He has performed on stage, in movies and on TV, and he’s also a playwright.
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Today, Alec speaks with two colleagues he’s known for a long time, Brian Delate and Dick Hughes -- both actors whose lives were touched by the Vietnam War.
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Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/iippecut/support